The Priest and Levite used excuses to avoid helping the man.
Discuss: Jesus frequently focused on the fact that the Pharisees' made up
rules about what was right often got in the way of actually doing good. The
author of the book of James summed up "religion" as helping others. Talk about
how the Priest and the Levite's obedience to religious rules kept them from
doing a good deed.

The Samaritan didn't know if the man was good or bad, only that he was
hurt.